Shutting down the stereotype.

On Monday night, Hofstra University welcomed Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump for the first presidential debate of 2016. The moderator, Lester Holt, posed an important question to the candidates regarding how they would heal the racial divide in America.

Trump, on the other hand, spoke about law and order. The Republican presidential nominee defended stop-and-frisk practices in New York City — a method proven to be unconstitutional — and talked about America's cities.

As soon as Trump said that comment, many Blacks and Latinos found it to be insulting and completely false. So they took to social media and issued several empowering responses. Here are seven of those responses:

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Sorry, i missed a couple of tweets. I was busy living in hell and getting shot. #debatenight